Weather Records on 11 August 1979

797 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 August 1979. Highest significance: Cape May 2 NW, US.

Key Facts for 11 August 1979

On 11 August 1979, 797 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
193 were record highs and 331 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 780 daily.
Cape May 2 NW set a daily record precipitation of 96.8 mm (3.8 in) on 11 August 1979.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

797 stations

797 station records on 11 August 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 August 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mala	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Electra	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hammon 3 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Talbotton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vallecito Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Blythe ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Delta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Curapca	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bailey	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cadiz	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Goliad 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Geelkop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jackvik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beregovo	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leoti	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Enderby	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jetmore	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mexicali (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sikaskalen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tapalpa (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aguila	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Aux Basques	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Bartolo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lewes	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Meade	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Caplinger Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ironton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgway	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Atengo (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney 1SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mexia	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Plainview	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Patuxent River NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	22.9 C (73.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cresco 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Piedmont Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Salmon Arm	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Komrat	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record high minimum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cuautla (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

797 records

Records set or tied on 11 August 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 66, Lowest daily maximum 200, Highest daily minimum 127, Lowest daily minimum 131, Heaviest daily rainfall 273.

Records on 11 August 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	66
Lowest daily maximum	200
Highest daily minimum	127
Lowest daily minimum	131
Heaviest daily rainfall	273
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 11 August 1979 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 13, daily 780.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

635 broken records

Margins by which the 635 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 August 1979

Top 20 records on 11 August 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 August 1979	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	103 years	73 of 100 (Major)
11 August 1979	Sterling, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1979	Mala, SE	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1979	Electra, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1979	Hammon 3 SSW, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	49 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1979	Talbotton, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	84 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1979	Buffalo, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1979	Vallecito Dam, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1979	Blythe ASOS, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1979	Delta, MX	monthly rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	7 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1979	Curapca, RU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	10 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1979	Bailey, US	daily low max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	77 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1979	Cadiz, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1979	Goliad 1 E, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	18 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1979	Geelkop, ZA	monthly rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	49 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1979	Jackvik, SE	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1979	Beregovo, UA	daily rain	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	10 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1979	Leoti, US	daily low min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	76 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1979	Enderby, CA	daily high min	18.0 C (64.4 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	80 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1979	Orebro, SE	daily low max	14.2 C (57.6 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	92 years	38 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1793 to 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1979. 1979 had 797 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 08-11 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1811	1
1815	2
1838	1
1839	1
1841	1
1851	1
1855	1
1858	1
1861	2
1862	1
1863	1
1864	6
1865	1
1866	6
1869	4
1871	1
1875	1
1879	2
1881	1
1883	1
1885	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	4
1891	1
1892	4
1893	1
1894	1
1895	2
1896	5
1897	3
1898	2
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	13
1903	12
1904	19
1905	9
1906	6
1907	8
1908	10
1909	41
1910	9
1911	24
1912	46
1913	43
1914	26
1915	27
1916	64
1917	217
1918	29
1919	18
1920	54
1921	201
1922	98
1923	80
1924	149
1925	219
1926	140
1927	190
1928	174
1929	354
1930	471
1931	453
1932	281
1933	416
1934	620
1935	499
1936	541
1937	356
1938	315
1939	389
1940	359
1941	807
1942	390
1943	345
1944	936
1945	401
1946	419
1947	709
1948	306
1949	471
1950	320
1951	296
1952	417
1953	283
1954	536
1955	319
1956	457
1957	305
1958	494
1959	337
1960	461
1961	429
1962	662
1963	493
1964	677
1965	793
1966	1,037
1967	1,071
1968	619
1969	533
1970	526
1971	711
1972	823
1973	451
1974	596
1975	753
1976	529
1977	845
1978	433
1979	797
1980	929
1981	645
1982	1,232
1983	1,095
1984	822
1985	804
1986	563
1987	885
1988	1,119
1989	983
1990	760
1991	822
1992	928
1993	840
1994	1,173
1995	1,324
1996	1,147
1997	1,512
1998	1,232
1999	1,152
2000	924
2001	811
2002	1,152
2003	1,601
2004	1,478
2005	1,031
2006	896
2007	1,428
2008	945
2009	836
2010	2,289
2011	1,106
2012	953
2013	470
2014	556
2015	696
2016	1,340
2017	619
2018	861
2019	758
2020	688
2021	834
2022	661
2023	757
2024	643
2025	722
2026	765

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Data for records on 1979-08-11: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	540
10 to 20	58
20 to 30	20
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	5
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1